Walk Collapse at National League Grounds Kills Four
At the Philadelphia National League park a wooden walk overhanging the left field bleachers gave way under weight, sending over 200 spectators to the street. Four killed, twelve fatally hurt, about 150 wounded. causes linked to rot in supports and a street disturbance. Large crowds watched two games between Boston and Philadelphia. Names of the dead include Edward Graham Alfred Rogers Edward Williamson and more. An XL crowd of 10,000 fled the scene as ambulances and streetcars ferried the injured away.
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Philadelphia
Aug
Fifteenth Street
Huntington Street
Lehigh Avenue
W. J. Shetsline
Potter
Fair Will Case Again Testimony For Mrs Nelson
In New York Justice Dugre named George Putnam Smith as commissioner to take the testimony of Mrs Hannah Nelson Caldwell N J mother of Mrs Caroline D Fair who was killed with her husband Charles in a Trouville France automobile crash about a year ago The suit against Mrs Herman Oelrichs and Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr by Mrs Nelson and other Fair relatives proceeds with cross examination rights to both sides edges of the record point to continuing legal action in this transatlantic case.
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New York
George Putnam Smith
Justice Dugre
Supreme Court
Hannah Nelson
Caldwell
N. J
Caroline D. Fair
Charles Fair
Trouville
France
Charles Leffler
Charles. Fair
Cleveland Mayor Johnson seeks governorship nomination
County Clerk P. Salen, campaign manager for Mayor Tom L. Johnson, announced tonight that Johnson's name will be put forward for nomination. The report notes a rival candidate, Zuniverman, as the only other contender mentioned in the fragmented dispatch.
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Cleveland
County Clerk Co
P. Salen
Tom L. Johnson
Militia Ordered Out After Shooting in Eldorado
City Marshal Guy B. Tucker shot and killed John C. Parnell on a street in Eldorado Arkansas. Tucker says Parnell tried to draw a pistol. Governor Davis ordered a militia company to assist local authorities amid town excitement following a prior October tragedy that left two Parnell children dead and Tucker wounded.
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Eldorado
Ark
Aug
Guy B. Tucker
John C. Parnell
Tucker
Parnell
Pendleton
Davis
Lost bustle and money on Rock Island train
Mrs August A Van Clerke of Shawnee Kansas says she sewed $7300 into a bustle for safety rather than a bank. On a trip to Pierz Minnesota the bustle disappeared from her sleeping car berth near St Paul after she left her berth to dress. A search party was organized to recover the missing item.
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ST. Paul
Minn
August A. van Clerke
Shawnee
Kan
Rock Island
van Clerk
Pierz
Indiana Girl Weds Doctor After Denver Lake Rescue
In Denver on a vacation, Pearl Curtis of Winchester Indiana fell into Berkeley Lake while helping her sick father. Dr O M Sachse of Roosevelt Hospital New York, who rescued her, later married her in Colorado yesterday. The couple's tent home stands near Mr Curtis's camp by the lake.
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Indianapolis Journal
Denver
Col
O. M. Sachse
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Miss Pearl Curtis
Winchester
Ind
Berkeley Lake
Sachse
Miss Curtis
Dr. Sachse
Mr. Curtis
Miss Wilson Quits Bookkeeper Job at Southern Hospital
Evansville Indiana August 8 Miss Mary Wilson resigns from her post as bookkeeper and amusements manager at the Insane Hospital after resisting board orders She plans to leave the city and possibly join a local business firm Attorneys say the safe combination was changed and legal action such as quo warranto will be pursued against the board
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Mary Wilson
Insane Hospital
George Cunningham
Andrew Clark
Board of Trustees
Miss Wilson
Clark
Boy Teddy Kendall Missing Sparks Citywide Search
Police and citizens poured through streets, culverts, and wells after three-year-old Teddy Kendall vanished Friday afternoon from 1626 Hall Place. Parents express despair while detectives chase every lead, including Italian organ grinders and a rumored colored family suspected in a ransom plot. Authorities warn more patrols and special police details if the boy is not found by afternoon.
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Teddy Kendall
Kendall
Hall Place
Mr. Kendall
Charles Carmio
John Chicco
Montgomery
Kruger
Police Department
Appeal to Colonel Hay for Chinese reformers lives
An urgent telegram from the Chinese Empire Reform Association of New York asks Secretary Hay to cooperate with Britain's ambassador in Shanghai to save the lives of Chinese reformers under his protection. Kwai-Pang says reformers seek better government and support the Emperor while opposing the dowager Empress. The group reports 3,000 members in New York, fifteen American branches, and a total 6,000,000 members.
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New York
United States
Hay
Shanghai
Chinese Empire Reform Association of
Kwai-Pang
Reform Party
America
China
Circus Train Disaster Toll Rises to Twenty Four Dead
In Detroit a Durand circus train crash death toll climbs to twenty four as one of twenty two transported victims dies of pelvis and leg injuries. Another fatality from Durand brings the total to twenty four while no new identifications were added at noon. In Iowa a Milwaukee and St Paul fast passenger train collides with a light engine near Capron, injuring the engineer but no passengers.
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Detroit
Mich
Durand
Wallace Brothers
John Thompson
Peru
Ind
Marsalltown
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Capron
Ten Page Journal Index for Today Features Crime and Markets
The index lists content across two parts with items on brutal Philadelphia assaults, a missing Teddy Kendall, stock bear raids in New York, trials and methods in labor disputes, and sections on sports and markets. It notes Indianapolis events, theater, society news, fashions, and a missing child inquiry linked to police efforts.
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Philadelphia
Farmer
Teddy Kendall
New York
New Pope
Indiana
Acton
Bethany
Sporting News
T-Sporting News
Humbertson
Carnegie
General City News
James Bowie
Alamo
George B. Cortelyou
Wall Street
The
Barbers’ Union
Miners Escape Fire at Linton Mine. Loss Up to Twenty Thousand
A mine engine room at Glenburn near Linton Indiana burned after oil ignited. Miners dragged water from a nearby pond to save the tipple but all machinery including the electric light plant was destroyed. About 190 workers and 225 men disrupted by the blaze will face weeks of repairs and unemployment. The fire caused extensive damage and partly insured losses are estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars.
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Indianapolis Journal
Linton
Ind
Glenburn
L. T. Dickason & Co
Bear Raid Hurts Stocks As Speculator Targets Union Pacific
New York traders faced a heavy session with stories of a revengeful operator driving down Union Pacific and other names. Canadian Pacific bucked the trend, while banks showed a sharp loan increase of about 4 million, spurring alarm and selloffs across the market.
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New York
Union Pacific
Brooklyn Transit
American
Northwest
Consolidated Gas
Delaware & Hudson
Great Northern
American Express
United States Express
Baltimore & Ohio
St. Paul
Omaha
Erie
General Electric
Hocking Valley
Louisville & Nashville
Minneapolis
St. Paul & Ste. Marie
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Reading
Sloss Sheffield Steel
Tennessee Coal and Iron and
Texas & Pacific Land Trust
Canadian Pacific
J. 8
Bache & Co
Montreal
Berlin
Secretary Slashed While Protecting Beggar On Catherine Street
New York August 8 William J Moran assistant secretary to Mayor Low was slashed in the thigh by a ruffian in Catherine street where he intervened to defend a decrepit female beggar. Moran’s wound was not serious after treatment and he returned home. Louis Syrd was also slashed though his wound was less severe.
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New York
William J. Moran
Low
Catherine Street
Tagney
Louis Sy Dr
Moran
Usly
Mrs Harriet T Elliott Dead Wife of Judge Elliott
The death of Mrs Harriet Talbott Elliott, wife of Judge Byron K Elliott of 17 North Meridian street, occurred yesterday morning from heart failure due to a complication of diseases. Born in 1536 in Kentucky, she came to the city in 18 and married in 185. Surviving are husband, two children William F Elliott and Mrs Robert C Wright of Columbia South Carolina, and sisters Mrs Sadie Binford of Denver and Mrs George Thayer of Chattanooga. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the home.
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Harriet Talbott Elliott
Byron K. Elliott
Meridian Street
Kentucky
Elliott
William F. Elliott
Robert C. Wright
Columbia
8. C
Sadie Binford
Denver, Col
George Thayer
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tornado strikes mining district near Pittsburg with heavy toll
A tornado tearing through the mining belt north and east of Pittsburg Kansas killed two people and injured sixty. It wrecked hundreds of homes mine tipples and other buildings along an eight by two mile strip. Deceased were Michael Muller at Nelson and Antone Sarto at Camp 17. Injured are expected to recover with cuts and bruises. Property loss mainly affects miners huts often owned by coal companies.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Michael Muller
Nelson
Antone Sarto
Camp 17
Petition seeks list of tax collection payments in Shelby County
Ray files with County Commissioners a petition on August 8 asking for names and amounts paid into Shelby County Treasury under the Wallace and Kizer contract. He says records are public and requests inspection after prior refusals, claiming chatter exists about improper channels for such funds.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
George M.ray
Lee
Wallace & Kizer
Shelby County
Revenge Stopped Tubbs Wagon On Streetcar Track
Hartford City Indiana reports Empire Nitroglycerin Company near Bluffton resumes work on new factory while three employees quit after deadly blast. Local oil and gas well shooters face extreme hazards. Jake Tubbs halts his loaded wagon on a streetcar track over a grudge against a motorman as the car approaches.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Empire Nitroglycerin Company
Bluffton
Carrell Sfarm
Empire-American Company
John O'Donnell
Indiana
George Hickock
Montpelier
Jake Tubbs
Great Volcano Choked At Kilauea In Hawaii Incident
The Honolulu report notes Kilauea volcano becoming virtually silent after a massive lava slide from the crater rim last night. No steam or smoke has risen since the event, marking an unusual quiet in years.
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Kilauea
Honolulu
Mob Brings Sheriff to Guard Black Prisoner in Valparaiso
Valparaiso Indiana Aug. 8 a mob threatened to lynch a jailed negro identified as John Wilson after he assaulted Mia A S Biggs wife of a Porter County farmer. Sheriff Lacount doubled the jail guard as deputies chased the man from Wanatah to the county jail where he confessed to assault and battery but denied rape. Local farmers armed and a lynch mob formed but no outbreak occurred with a dozen armed men ready to act and leaders missing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Mia
A. S. Biggs
Washington
Porter County
John Wilson
Wilson
Winslow Station
Wanatah
Matthews
Billy Wilson
Lacount
Pittsburg
Biggs
Hattiesburg
Mias
Amos Jones
M. M. Sexton
Jones
McElroy
Sexton
Batson
Goredon Bridge
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